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    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    I'm really hoping to spur some more discussions on this topic. Even though I have caponized hundreds of birds successfully and enjoyed the fruits of it, there is A LOT that I don't understand. Previously I did not come at this from a breeder's perspective or spend the time to really get into...
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    If they are not a 'slip' , meaning you left a little bit of the testicle, they will not crow at all... If they are a slip the will crow very muted or sound like the are trying and 'just can't get it out'. In some cases it sounds hilarious. But even then it is nothing compared to fully intact...
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    Short answer.. Working as quickly as possible. This may surprise most people but THE SECOND they are released back on the ground they go back to normal behavior. They don't seem to be phased by it after the fact. But also remember I'm doing this at between 3-5 weeks when there's a lot of room...
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    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    You are right. Honestly that was my intent. I was hoping to find someone with enough prior knowledge to learn from or at least lead my thinking in a direction that could shave off several generations of learning. I figured I'm going to have to have a large portion I let grow out to see how...
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    Sorting / Banding under Broody noses

    I'm curious how this turned out...
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    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    Loved it! Now we are getting somewhere! Hopefully you don't mind me asking more questions. I don't have to get it perfect but I want to narrow my selection down to as close to perfect as possible. In your experience at what age could you really start to see clear markers that would fully carry...
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    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    I'm planning on breeding my own dual purpose flock with some very specific goals and need some help from some of you experienced chicken BREEDERS who have culled and bred chickens for a while. I'm going to copy and paste what I posted on another thread to show you what I'm aiming for but my...
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    Yep, sometimes that's what you have to do but not all the time. That's funny! Not many people even know what a capon is much less have any experience seeing it done or it's results. But let me tell you, some of the best chicken you ever put in your mouth. And another good thing is its being...
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    I had an account on here YEARS ago asking about caponizing... Couldn't find a whole lot so I tried to teach myself, successfully I might add... Since then have done hundreds (hope that doesn't get me in trouble). I had to move and get rid of the layers and meat flocks but now an upcoming move...
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    Will do. Thanks
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    I appreciate it! Looking forward to some insight!
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    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    I had an account on here YEARS ago asking about caponizing... Couldn't find a whole lot so I tried to teach myself, successfully I might add... Since then have done hundreds (hope that doesn't get me in trouble). I had to move and get rid of the layers and meat flocks but now an upcoming move...
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